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Woman Reading
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Woman Reading

Totoya Hokkei · c. 1815 - c. 1820 · color woodcut; blind-stamped; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Woman holding a book looks back at a large object beside her. This could be an incense burner, on which the elderly couple Jô and Uba are depicted. They stand for a long life and marital happiness. With one poem.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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printsurimonoadult womanreadingbook
Credit lineWoman Reading. c. 1815 - c. 1820. Totoya Hokkei. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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